# hom vs hug

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hom
*pronoun · IPA […] · frequency rank #43,252*
die Leute, irgendwelche Leute

### hug
*noun · IPA [hʌɡ] · frequency rank #25,600*
die Umarmung: das Legen von Armen um jemanden

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hom-vs-hug